Functional Outcomes of a Criterion-based Rehabilitation Protocol for ACL Reconstruction in Amateur Athlete

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Completed

• Conditions: Knee Ligament Injury; Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries
• Interventions: Other: rehabilitation protocol

• Registration Number: NCT05719974
• Lead Sponsor: Delta University for Science and Technology

Brief Summary

Although current rehabilitation protocols following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) are based on the graft remodeling process, there is uncertainty about its time schedule. Moreover, there are individual differences in neuromotor learning and flexibility after ACLR. This study was conducted to investigate the effect of a criterion-based rehabilitation protocol on pain intensity, effusion, and knee function in amateur athletes following ACLR.

Although current rehabilitation protocols following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) are based on the graft remodeling process, there is uncertainty about its time schedule. Moreover, there are individual differences in neuromotor learning and flexibility after ACLR. This study was conducted to investigate the effect of a criterion-based rehabilitation protocol on pain intensity, effusion, and knee function in amateur athletes following ACLR.

Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-03-03
• Primary Completion: 2022-06-15
• Status Verified: 2023-01
• Study Completion: 2023-01-07
• Study First Submitted: 2023-01-28
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-02-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-02-08
• Study First Posted: 2023-02-09
• Last Update Posted: 2023-02-09

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

• Amateur male athletes who underwent ACLR surgery with an autologous hamstring (HS) graft.
• Ranging in age from 18 to 35 years.
• Underwent a pre-operative rehabilitation program with minimal knee effusion, full Extension, good patellofemoral mobility
• Ability to actively control the quadriceps.

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Exclusion Criteria

• ACLR with any graft other than a hamstring graft
• ACL revision surgery
• associated medial or lateral ligamentous injuries
• previous meniscectomy or meniscal repair
• simultaneous meniscectomy or meniscus repair with the ACLR
• cartilage damage.

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
criterion-based rehabilitation protocol	rehabilitation protocol	-
conventional physical therapy program	rehabilitation protocol	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Visual Analogue Scale	6 months	It is a 100-mm horizontal line anchored by word descriptors at each end by "no pain" on the left and "worst imaginable pain" on the right

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
knee effusion grading scale	6 months	It"s a reliable and valid method which Based on a stroke test, where effusion of the knee joint is quantified using a 5-point scale. A 0 grade means no wave is produced with the downward stroke
limb symmetry index of hop test battery	6 months	The mean score of the results of each item of hop test battery of the injured limb was divided by the corresponding mean score of the uninjured limb and the result was multiplied by 100. Hop test battery consists of the following: (1) vertical jump, (2) hop for distance, (3) drop jump followed by a double hop for distance, (4) square hop and (5) side hop.
Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score	6 months	it is a 42-item self-questionnaire with five subscales. A five-point scale ranging from 0 (no problem) to 4 (extreme problems) was used to score each item and the scores of each subscale were individually transformed into a 0-100 scale (0 = extreme knee problems, 100 = no knee problem)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Delta university; 🇪🇬 Gamasa, Eldakahlyia, Egypt